people who aren't nostalgia fanboys and understand that the gameplay has to be within the context of the story, as in -creeping down hallway and being nearly defenseless doesn't make sense when you play as characters that in some cases are literally making a living off of doing this stuff

I'm not wearing any nostalgia goggles. Without the co-op, RE5 and 6 were mediocre games to me. It has nothing to do with "zomg derez noh horror"

The beta versions of RE4 and 5 looked much better than the final products in every way. The devs even admitted that they tried to make RE6 more like CoD just to appeal to a larger crowd (and it worked, game sold a bazillion copies).